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Staff Android Engineer

Polymarket· Engineering
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Hybrid (New York), Hybrid (Remote)$250k - $500kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Polymarket is seeking a Staff Android Engineer to lead architecture and feature development for a world-class Android trading app. You will set technical direction, own end-to-end Android delivery, and raise engineering standards across a distributed team.

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical direction for Android at Polymarket, making and owning architectural decisions that the team builds around
  • Build and own Android features spanning payments flows, real-time market data, and core UI with full accountability from design handoff through to production
  • Implement polished, performant interfaces with Jetpack Compose that hold up under real trading conditions and meet a high bar for feel and reliability
  • Own CI/CD pipelines and Gradle configuration, keeping the build fast and the release process reliable as the team and product grow
  • Build and maintain integrations across WebSockets, gRPC, and streaming data to power the live market features traders depend on
  • Operate as a technical leader across a distributed team: communicate clearly, make decisions without hand-holding, and raise the engineering bar through code reviews and strong engineering standards
  • Actively incorporate AI tools into your development workflow to move faster and maintain a high output bar
  • Identify and address gaps in Android architecture and engineering practices before they become problems at scale

Qualifications

  • Significant Android engineering experience, with a track record of owning and shaping Android platforms at scale, not just contributing to them
  • Strong, current expertise in Kotlin with the ability to speak concretely to tradeoffs and make architectural calls with confidence
  • Deep experience building production UI with Jetpack Compose and a high bar for performance and polish
  • Experience owning CI/CD pipelines and Gradle build configuration end-to-end
  • Solid understanding of modern Android architecture with the judgment to evolve it as the product scales
  • A track record of technical leadership: you've influenced how an engineering team works, not just what it ships
  • Active use of AI tools in your development workflow, not occasionally, but as a real part of how you work
  • (Plus) Experience integrating payments on Android
  • (Plus) Experience with WebSockets, gRPC, or other real-time data patterns on mobile
  • (Plus) Familiarity with cross-platform shared-code architectures
  • (Plus) iOS or Swift experience
  • (Plus) Background at a larger, more mature engineering organization where you saw and shaped practices as the company grew

Skills

Required:Android engineering (Kotlin)Jetpack ComposeCI/CD and Gradle
Nice to have:WebSockets/gRPC

Benefits

  • Competitive salary & equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
  • 401k match
  • Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories
Last updated Sep 27, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Polymarket

Polymarket | The World's Largest Prediction Market™

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market, allowing you to stay informed and profit from your knowledge by trading on future events across various topics.

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